Flushing

A coastal village in Mylor parish, Cornwall, England, across the river from Falmouth (OS grid ref SW8134).

Proper noun dated

  1. The town of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.
    • An example of this was the hourly fast train from Amsterdam via Rotterdam to Eindhoven and Venlo, which used to be combined on the section from Amsterdam to Rotterdam with a stopping train to Flushing. - 1962 April, P....
  2. A township and city in Genesee County, Michigan, United States.
  3. A township and village therein, in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
  4. A place in New Netherland, particularly, the New Amsterdam area.

    1. A neighborhood of Queens, New York, New York, United States.

    2. A bay of Queens, New York, New York, United States; in full, Flushing Bay.

    3. A river in Queens, New York, New York, United States; in full, Flushing River.

Origin

From Dutch Vlissingen.

Derived

Flushing Bay Flushing Creek Flushing Meadows Flushing River

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A coastal village in Mylor parish, Cornwall, England, across the river from Falmouth (OS grid ref SW8134).